by YeahWrite Editor | Nov 12, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Helllllllooooooo Writers! Raise your hand if you’re doing NaNoSomethingMo. Novels, blogs, poetry? November is a big month for writers who want to commit to producing a large volume of words while possibly also cursing, crying, or tearing their hair out....
by Rowan | Nov 10, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Ten, nine eight… We’re down to the final ten writers in Super Challenge 6. You’re all fantastic and we’re excited to have you here, so we’re gonna stretch you to your limits this round with a new prompt: we’ll write the summary, you...
by Rowan | Nov 10, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
Cheers to the freakin’ weekend And to the one person besides me who’s now got that song stuck in their head. Sorrynotsorry. Whether your weekend is a time of relaxation or whether you’re one of our final ten writers in the Super Challenge, I hope you...
by YeahWrite Editor | Nov 8, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Shhh Fall is beautiful in New England but the volume of dropped leaves looms large. The main problem, as far as I’m concerned, is the noise. Leaf blowers run all day; their loud consistent buzzing makes my head want to explode. I can’t escape. I...
by Rowan | Nov 8, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, Winners
When we sat down to design the Super Challenge, we asked ourselves three questions: what makes a writing contest great, what do we enjoy doing, and what is hardly anyone else doing? We came up with our prompts because they make the kind of stories and challenges that...
by YeahWrite Editor | Nov 5, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Pocket Full of Sunshine Daylight Saving Time ends here in the US today. Apparently there is a whole lot of clock-changing happening around the world and my heart goes out to those affected. Messing with time is really absurd to me, even if this is the part where I get...